Wall Street edged higher on Monday as retailers' shares rose on data pointing to an improved performance for the key holiday shopping season while rising commodity prices boosted the natural resource sector.
Stocks rose modestly on Monday as rising commodity prices boosted resource companies, while retailers gained after data pointed to a better performance for the key holiday shopping season.
Wall Street was set for a modestly higher open on Monday as investors were wary of taking bets that could erode gains heading into year-end.
Short interest on the New York Stock Exchange rose 2.7 percent in first half of December, the exchange said in a release late Thursday. As of December 15, short interest rose to about 13.53 billion shares, compared to 13.18 billion shares as of November 30.
Stock index futures indicated a flat to higher open on Monday with investors wary of taking bets that could erode gains heading into year-end.
Stock index futures indicated a flat to higher open on Monday, with investors wary of taking risky bets into year-end.
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a flat to higher open on Wall Street on Monday following the Christmas break, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.07 percent, Dow Jones futures flat and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.27 percent at 4.17 a.m. ET.
Shares in state utility KEPCO and other South Korean nuclear power-related stocks jumped on Monday as a $40 billion deal from the United Arab Emirates boosted prospects for future nuclear plant deals.
Wall Street is likely to make a strong showing in the final week of 2009 as the bulls gear up to toast the first annual advance for U.S. stocks in two years on hopes of more economic stability in 2010.
U.S. stocks rallied in a brief pre-holiday session on Thursday, closing at 2009 highs, after data showing a drop in initial jobless claims and growth in durable goods orders suggested an economic recovery was picking up steam.
U.S. and European stocks hit more than one-year closing highs on Thursday after better-than-expected U.S. jobless claims and durable goods orders drove optimism that the economic recovery is gaining hold, while the dollar slipped after a recent rally.
U.S. stocks rallied in a brief pre-holiday session on Thursday after data showing a drop in initial jobless claims and growth in durable goods orders suggested an economic recovery was picking up steam.
Stocks rose in a shortened preholiday session on Thursday after data showing a drop in initial jobless claims and growth in durable goods orders suggested an economic recovery was gathering steam.
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Thursday after data showed that jobless claims fell to their lowest level since September 2008, a sign of an improving labor market.
U.S. stock index futures were higher on Thursday as the dollar weakened and investors awaited data that was expected to show improvement in durable good orders and the crucial labor market.
(Corrects the number that initial jobless claims are expected to fall to 10,000 from 15,000 in 3rd paragraph. The incorrect number was mentioned in an earlier stock market report)
U.S. stock index futures were higher on Thursday as the dollar weakened and investors awaited data expected to show improvement in durable good orders and the labor market.
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.22 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.15 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.23 percent at 3:33 a.m.
Technology shares rose on Wednesday after solid earnings from Micron Technology and Red Hat, but an unexpected drop in new home sales kept a lid on the broader market's gains.
Technology shares rose on Wednesday after solid earnings from Micron Technology and Red Hat, but an unexpected drop in new home sales kept a lid on the broader market's gains.
Technology shares rose on Wednesday after solid earnings from Micron Technology and Red Hat, but an unexpected drop in new home sales kept a lid on the broader market's gains.
The Nasdaq rose on Wednesday after solid earnings from Micron Technology and Red Hat, but an unexpected drop in new home sales limited gains on the broader market.
The Nasdaq advanced on Wednesday, boosted by the tech sector's strength after solid earnings from Micron Technology and Red Hat.
The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 rose toward session highs on Wednesday as shares of technology and those of natural resource companies advanced on the back of U.S. dollar weakness, but the Dow traded near breakeven after briefly turning positive.
The Dow and the S&P 500 barely budged on Wednesday, as the indexes pulled back from early gains after data showed new home sales fell unexpectedly in November.
The Dow and S&P indexes fell on Wednesday, threatening to break a three-day run-up, after data showed new home sales fell unexpectedly in November.
The Dow industrials and the S&P 500 index turned negative after a report showed sales of newly built U.S. single-family homes unexpectedly fell to their lowest level in seven months in November, shaking confidence in recent signs of stabilization in the housing market.
Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wednesday after data showed personal spending rose in November, though by less than expected.
On December 14, 2009, an inauguration took place that deserves more attention than it received because it marks an economic power shift to the benefit of three Central Asian countries and China and to the detriment of Russia.
Stock index futures rose on Wednesday, a day after chipmaker Micron Technology swung to a quarterly profit and as investors awaited data expected to show an improvement in consumer sentiment.
